Armenia is hoping to become a transit route for Russian tourists travelling to neighboring Georgia after all passenger flights between Russia and Georgia are suspended next month.
The Russian ambassador in Yerevan praised the current state of Russia’s relationship with Armenia on Tuesday, saying that the two countries have remained strategic allies after last year’s Armenian “velvet revolution.”
Dozens of members of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) have demonstratively claimed responsibility for a reported attack on an activist of a rival political party.
A court in Yerevan on Saturday ordered Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharian released from prison pending the outcome of his and three other former officials’ trial on coup charges.
The National Security Service (NSS) insisted on Wednesday that Russia was not responsible for the fact that a Ukrainian lawmaker was briefly prevented from entering Armenia after landing at Yerevan airport last week.
Opposition members of Yerevan’s municipal assembly denounced Mayor Hayk Marutian on Monday for planning to double his and his top aides’ salaries.
The official owner of Armenia’s largest food exporting company accused of tax evasion has been released from custody after paying the government 1 billion drams ($2.1 million).
Samvel Aleksanian, one of Armenia’s wealthiest and most influential businesspeople, has been questioned by law-enforcement authorities on suspicion of kidnapping a once prominent journalist.
The owner of Armenia’s largest food exporting company accused of tax evasion warned through his lawyer of “severe consequences” for the domestic economy after the Court of Appeals refused to release him from custody on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has defended investigators that brought corruption charges against a senior Armenian government official and lambasted civic activists questioning the credibility of the high-profile probe.
The leader of a major Armenian opposition party on Thursday accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of illegally firing and disrespecting customs officers in a way reminiscent of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko’s public outbursts.
An Armenian customs officer resigned on Wednesday following what human rights activists described as an illegal sacking order issued by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian publicly ordered the sacking of several Armenian customs officers on Tuesday after accusing one of them of showing a lack of respect.
Riot police clashed with scores of employees of Armenia’s leading food producing and exporting company on Monday after its official owner, Davit Ghazarian, was arrested on tax evasion charges strongly denied by him.
Education Minister Arayik Harutiunian reiterated on Tuesday his demands for the resignation of the long-serving rector of Armenia’s largest and oldest university who is facing growing pressure from the government.
